On assisted suicide

Religious perspectives on assisted suicide.

Last rights? Confronting physician-assisted suicide in law and society: legal liturgies on physician-assisted suicide.

and the Director of the Center for Law and Aging at Stetson. ** Dr. D. Dixon Sutherland is a Professor of Religious Studies at Stetson University and the Director of the Institute for Christian Ethics. 1. The term of art for this has been dubbed by the popular press as physicianassisted suicide (PAS). However, describing the requested act as a suicide has added confusion to the debate over PAS,...

Undue economic influence on physician-assisted suicide.

Social Contagion Effects of Physician-Assisted Suicide: Commentary on "How Does Legalization of Physician-Assisted Suicide Affect Rates of Suicide?".

OBJECTIVES Several US states have legalized or decriminalized physician-assisted suicide (PAS) while others are considering permitting PAS. Although it has been suggested that legalization could lead to a reduction in total suicides and to a delay in those suicides that do occur, to date no research has tested whether these effects can be identified in practice. The aim of this study was to fil...

Physician-assisted suicide.

Medical professional codes have long prohibited physician involvement in assisting a patient's suicide. However, despite ethical and legal prohibitions, calls for the liberalization of this ban have grown in recent years. The medical profession should articulate its views on the arguments for and against changes in public policy and decide whether changes are prudent. In addressing such a conte...